The following year, the Lascar crew of the Australia were locked in a shed on a Melbourne wharf under guard until they too were shipped out. |
The very long jetty was used as a wharf for the area in the days of coastal shipping. |
The base is made from the stone remains of a defunct wolfram mine and its wharf. |
Like the workboats at the fishermen's wharf, the bay boats needed the same care. |
On Thursday the strike continued as other dock workers supported the striking longshoremen and refused to load ships at the terminal's wharf. |
Evidence of the place importance remains, with loading bays, a gauging dock, wharf buildings and the wharfinger's house still in existence. |